Whatever a monk keeps pursuing with his thinking and pondering, that becomes the inclination of his awareness.

If you want to know the past, look at your present. If you want to know the future, look at your present.

If a man who has committed many a misdemeanor does not repent and cleanse his heart of the evil, retribution will come upon his person as sure as the streams run into the ocean which becomes ever deeper and wider. If a man who has committed a misdemeanor come to the knowledge of it, reform himself, and practise goodness, the force of retribution will gradually exhaust itself as a disease gradually loses its baneful influence when the patient perspires.

Being able to make friends and keep them, welcoming others and sharing with them, a guide, philosopher and friend. One like this will be praised.

What is the appropriate behavior for a man or a woman in the midst of this world, where each person is clinging to his piece of debris? What's the proper salutation between people as they pass each other in this flood?

By your own efforts waken yourself, watch yourself. And live joyfully.

Letting go of our suffering is the hardest work we will ever do.